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Resolved Problems sharing/printing from a Win 7 printer, from an XP laptop

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by psaulm119, 2010/11/25.

  1. 2010/11/25
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    psaulm119 Geek Member Thread Starter

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    I have an HP LaserJet 1018, connected to a Win7 desktop. I can print from that desktop. I made sure that the laserjet was shared (from Win 7), made sure that my xp laptop was on the same workgroup, and followed instructions I found here, to create a new local port. XP Laptop was able to find the printer, and the drivers installed. But for some reason, I can't print to it. Can someone help me troubleshoot?
     
  2. 2010/11/26
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    psaulm119 Geek Member Thread Starter

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    Never mind. I had also reserved an IP address on my wireless router, and doing this cut off my connection to the home network. Deleting that reserved IP got me back on again--printing is fine.
     

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